Livshits (Livschitz) (Gildenson) Riva Zelikovna (4 March 1932, Riga) – worker.

Riva Livshits was born into the family of Zelik Borisovich Gildenson (1893, Vitebsk – 1959, Riga) and Dora Leibovna Gildenson (1891, Vitebsk – 1974, Riga).

She was evacuated to the village of Perevoz in Kirov Oblast, where she attended school (1941–1945).

Upon returning to Riga, she completed 9 classes at Secondary School No. 17 (1950), cared for her paralysed father (1950–1957), worked as an inspector at the “Rīgas Aditājs” factory (1957), was supported by her husband (1958–1964), worked as a factory worker at “Dzintars” (1964–1966), worked as a ward attendant in the Latpotrebsoyuz (1966–1969), and as an auxiliary worker at the knitted goods and headwear plant (1970–1972).

In her marriage to Vladimir Abramovich Livshits (1932, Riga), daughters were born:

Zelda Vladimirovna Livshits (1959, Riga) and Ilona Vladimirovna Livshits (1966, Riga).

In 1972 Riva Livshits received permission to emigrate to Israel, where since 1969 her husband’s sister Dora Abramovna Feld (Lifshits) had been living.

Family

Zelik Borisovich Gildenson (1893–1959) – father
Dora Leibovna Gildenson (1891–1974) – mother
Raya (Rakhil) Zelikovna Moiseyeva (Gildenson) (1916) – sister (emigrated to Israel in 1973)
Feiga Zelikovna Shapova (Gildenson) (1919) – sister
Beyla Zelikovna Gasulis (Gildenson) (1921) – sister
Boris Zelikovich Gildenson (1924, Riga) – brother

Samuil Zelikovich Gildenson (1927) – brother (left for Poland in 1957, and from there for Mexico in 1968)

Vladimir Abramovich Livshits (1932) – husband
Zelda Vladimirovna Livshits (1959) – daughter
Ilona Vladimirovna Livshits (1966) – daughter